The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 4, 1909
VOLUME V.
NUMBER 60
DR. CARRUTH THE NOMINEE
WAS NOMINATED AT THE PRIMARIES TUESDAY.
To Run on Republican Ticket—Received 1246 Votes to Opposition's 400.
At the primary election held Tuesday Professor William H. Carruth received the nomination for mayor of Lawrence. He got 1246 votes against 400 as received by S.D.Bishop, who was a candidate on the independent ticket. Practically everyone voted the Republican ticket as there were but 100 straight Democratic votes.
The vote by wards for Dr. Carruth was: First ward, 321; Second ward, 410; third ward, 290; fourth ward, 65; fifth ward, 92; Sixth ward, 68.
Professor Carruth has entered the race for the office of mayor of Lawrence after the solicitations of his friends and people interested in the joining more closely of the University and the town of Lawrence. For a long time men on the bill have been in one way or another connected with down town affairs but not enough to get the town thoroughly in sympathy with the University.
The Republican platform endorses the enforcement of the prohibitory law. Should Dr. Carruth be elected the old haunts of the East bottoms will take wings and fly.
Woman Suffrage Club.
A college branch of the woman suffrage movement has been organized in the University. The officers elected are: President, Jessie Baldridge; vicepresident, Helen Phillipps; secretary, Maybeth Parker; and treasurer, Florentine Hackbush. The board of directors is Miss Carrie Watson, Professor Carruth and Professor Olin.
Senior Play Tryout.
The first draft of the senior play is far enough advanced now to choose the characters. A tryout will be held Tuesday evening in room 15, Fraser Hall, at 7:15 for all seniors who desire parts.
MORE FACTS
CONCERNING CHEMISTRY FAILURE OF LAST TERM.
Thorough Investigation Made—34 Flunked Finals in Chemistry I-18 in Chemistry II.
The Kansan has made a complete investigation of the chemistry department records for Chemistry I and Chemistry II for last term. As stated in a previous article, there were enrolled in Chemistry I at the beginning of of the term, one hundred and forty. Of these, ninety-nine received a credit at the end of the term. In Chemistry II, there were enrolled at the beginning of the school year one hundred and seventy-nine, and at the end of the term ninety-three of these received a passing grade.
Some of those who did not receive credit, flunked the course outright, others withdrew, some were conditioned for deficiency in work, and still others had their grades withheld on account of unpaid bills or not having checked in their apparatus.
The enrollment in Chemistry I was: College, seventy-five; Pharmacy, fifty-five; and Engineering, ten. The failures were College, twelve: Pharmacy, twenty-two; Engineering, two Fourteen Pharmics flunked outright, and eight of them had to quit the work on account of lack of preparation. There were also five conditions, all pharmics.
There were one hundred and twenty-eight engineers and fifty-one college students enrolled in Chemistry II. Nineteen of these withdrew formally, and fifteen quit the course. Of the one hundred and forty-five left,eighteen flunked; thirteen of these engineers and five college men. There were thirty-four of the one hundred and forty-five conditioned; thirteen for deficiency in work and twenty-one for indebtedness to the Chemistry department. Most of the conditions can be removed.
Make your date for the Junior party. Fraternal Aid Hall, March 19.
BASEBALL
PRACTICE
LARGE SQUAD ON McCOOK FIELD EVERY DAY.
Team to be Chosen Next Week- Pitching Staff, Third Base, Shortstop in Doubt.
Coach Ebright is getting more and more optimistic about the final outcome of the baseball team this season. Twenty-five men are trying out and since last Saturday the squad has been divided into two teams and practice games are being played every afternoon. Next Saturday the coach will pick a man to play a nine composed chiefly of "inelligibles," after which he expects to pick the men who will open the season for Kansas. However, next week's decision will not be final as from fourteen to sixteen men will be kept in the squad until after the season is well under way. This is done so that a fair chance will be given to all those who are trying out and in case the men, who are picked at first, do not show up well in the regular games others in the squad can take their places. The first game of the season will be in Mauhattan on April 8 with K. S. A. C.
Ebright said this morning that the team was already practically picked with the exception of the pitching staff, a short-stop and a third base man. Walker will no doubt hold first, Gibbs will continue in his old place at second as will Rockefeller as cacher. Right field will be played by Captain Carlson, center field will probably go to Harley Wood and right field to either Lovett, Rogers or Riling.
The pitching staff now includes five men, Harlan, Lock, Burdick, Lobaugh and Heizer. Of these Harlan is assured of his position, and from the remaining four two will be chosen for the regular staff.
Third base and short-stop are the most disputed positions- Blacker, Harvey, Palmer, Huff, Fisher and Ogden are trying out and so far all are showing up in about the same form.
OLYMPIC GAMES
IN ROBINSON GYMNASIUM ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
According to advance reports the events of the Olympic games, to be held Saturday evening in Robinson Gymnasium, will be such that no man in the University can miss them without losing an interesting exhibition of athletic prowess. "Bill" Caldwell and "Big" Smith will put on the gloves and demonstrate their ability to box as well as to play football. Tim Shotts will be on the mat with an aggregation of tumblers guaranteed to equal anything outside of Ringling's circus. Pierson, Ghormley and Brown are the men who expect to be associated with him. Shotts will also do some spectacular work on the horizontal bar.
Everything in Way of Athletic Stunts to be Put On—Relay Race with Haskell.
A team from Haskell will contest with the University runners in a relay race. The Kansas four will be selected from among the following: Haddock, Newbold, Badger, Hamilton, Howard, Perrill, Fairchild and Baer. The small men led by "Shorty" Corwine will undertake to win a relay race from the big men of the University. Corwine will also show the multitudes the art of walking on his hands if he can find some one who will enter against him in such a race.
Two wrestling bouts will be on the program. The heavy weights at 175 pounds will be represented by Jolley and Powell. The bantam weight wrestlers, Humphrey and Allison, tip the scales at 110 pounds.
Roy Burdick has promised to repeat some of the fancy stunts which amused the men at the Pan-Hellenic "smoker" last Saturday night.
Ockerblad's illuminated club swinging will be one of the attractive features of the evening. It must be seen to be appreciated.
Stanley Izard of Rosedale visited Roy Bowser Sunday.
OLYMPIC GAMES
IN ROBINSON GYM. MARCH 6. 7:30 p.m.
FREE
THE BIG STAG EVENT OF THE YEAR.
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. RAINBOW SKATING RINK, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
Kansas vs. Nebraska Friday Night, March 8th
Seniors: Turn in that picture, individual or group, for the Annual tomorrow. The manager will be a the Check Stand at chapel time. Cash must accompany pictures If you have not made out the Senior Information Card, please do so At Once.
TO BEGIN FINAL SERIES TONIGHT
Nebraska Optimistic-Kansans Not in Usual Form-Special Train Friday Night.
Tonight in the Rainbow skating rink at Kansas City, Kansas, the Jayhawkers and the Cornhuskers tangle in the first contest in the final series to settle the Missouri valley conference basket ball championship. They will meet again tomorrow evening at the same place and should the honors be divided the final game will be played Saturday night.
From the Cornhusker camp comes the news that the Nebraskans are going to win the championship, may be two straight games. They have been working hard for two weeks and have had three coaches directing their work. They may spring the same surprise on on Kansas in basket ball that Kansas sprang on them last fall in football.
JAYHAWKERS AND CORN- HUSKERS CLASH IN K. C.
The Jayhawkers are not so optimistic. "Tommy" Johnson has been off color for some time; so has Martindell, the speedy guard. The season has been too long for the Kansas five. They were playing a month before any of the other conference teams.
"Phog" Allen was up from Kansas City yesterday afternoon. He was busily engaged for an hour drilling the Jayhawkers on shooting goals. Besides this he has been teaching them how to play a game which will break up the close guarding of the Cornhuskers. He thinks Kansas will win two straight games easily if Johnson and Martindell play their usual game.
Heizer will be played at center tonight, Johnson and McCune will hold down the forward positions, and Martindell and Captain Woodward will play the guards. Coach Allen expects to switch the men around when they show any signs of weakening. Long and Bergen are the two men he has to rey on.
There will be a special train returning from Kansas City at 11:30 Friday night.
HARRY KEMP TO LECTURE TONIGHT
Tonight in the city Y. M. C. A. auditorium Harry Kemp will give his lecture on his poems, that was postponed last week. This lecture is a new one and he will read several poems that have not before appeared before the public. The admission is twenty-five cents.